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Kathie Lee Gifford Revives an Evangelist on Broadway

Starring Carolee Carmello, Gifford’s new musical, “Scandalous,” re-creates the life of legendary preacher Aimee Semple McPherson.

Chaim Potok's 'My Name Is Asher Lev' Gets Awkward but Affecting Dramatization

Chaim Potok’s hit novel “My Name Is Asher Lev” makes an uneasy transition from page to stage, but Gordon Edelstein’s sure direction and commanding performances smooth out the bumps.

'The Last Seder' Is a Sketchy Meal Well-Served

In Jennifer Maisel’s “The Last Seder,” an overly familiar premise, the dysfunctional-family holiday reunion, is bolstered by a uniformly excellent cast of 11 led by Greg Mullavey.

Our Lady

Author-director-actor James Fluhr’s “Our Lady,” a Fringe show about countering homophobic bigotry, is as stunning a piece of performance art as you’re ever likely to encounter.

3-D Theatricals Delivers a Buoyant 'Hairspray'

3-D Theatricals gives the hit 2002 Broadway musical “Hairspray” an exuberant, explosive, and highly satisfying staging that evokes the innocence of the early 1960s.

'Hate' Is a Symphony of Bigotry

In Mexican playwright Luis Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio’s “I Hate Fucking Mexicans,” at the Flea Theater, the piling on of political incorrectness becomes almost poetic.

‘One November Yankee’ Stars Harry Hamlin and Loretta Swit as Three Sets of Siblings

Versatile leads Harry Hamlin and Loretta Swit carry the NoHo Arts Center world premiere of Joshua Ravetch’s intricate two-hander “One November Yankee” past certain textual overcalculations.

Casting Begins for 'Motown,' New Musical About Berry Gordy

Bethany Knox of Telsey + Company is casting the project, which runs March 10-April 12 in New York City.

Auditions Announced for First NYC Revival of Sondheim's 'Passion'

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony-winning 1994 musical will premiere Off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company in 2013.

‘Pippin’ Director Diane Paulus Looks for Collaborative Actors

Diane Paulus, the artistic director of the American Repertory Theater and director of the Broadway revival of “Pippin,” shares what she looks for in actors.